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Sunday, 11 June 2017

We were very lucky to have four members of the Four Winds Textile group visit our meeting on Friday, June 9. They are a group of quilters from Cork with over 25 years together, and many amazing examples of group quilting endeavors. They brought their quilts from an exhibition that they worked on in 2011 inspired by Gee's Bend Quilts. Not only did they use the patterns, but they also made the quilts themselves with fabrics that they already owned, whether from clothes or fabric their stashes. The quilts were amazingly diverse and colorful.

This quilt above was made with men's shirts based on a Gee's Bend design

The Four Winds Quilters also brought some of their own pieces, we especially enjoyed seeing some of their group efforts like this group piece done in rounds:

There was a special interest in a playful quilt with lots of "fairy doors." Anne spent some time explaining her methodology on this quilt.

Here is one of their latest collaborations where each quilter did a separate piece with a different color, but the same style and fabrics. It's quite modern and the textures are amazing.

My personal favorite was the Quilt Tree. It's a piece that was done years ago and it is a tree that continues to grow, new scraps are added with each new quilt made.

Thank you to the Four Winds Textile Group for visiting our meeting. You are all an inspiration!

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Our co-exhibition with the Northern Ireland Patchwork Group on the theme "Aurora" is up and open for viewing in the Northern Ireland. It will run through the end of June 2017 in Lisburn Arts Center, Northern Ireland. It previously exhibited in Dublin in the month of May.

Thursday, 11 May 2017

During our April meeting last month we had an epic show and tell with Mary Palmer. There were so many photos of all her amazing quilts we had to make a slideshow. Enjoy and thank you to Mary for her visit. See you all tomorrow night for our AGM!

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

The Limerick Quilt Centre have their annual exhibition, River of
Dreams in Limerick in the School of Art and Design, Clare Street from
the 23rd to the 30th of June. This year baby cot quilts are requested
for donation to The Heart Children of Ireland. Quilts be displayed during the exhibition and then donated afterwards.

For
anybody interested in making a baby cot quilt, the size is 36"x42" and
the hanging sleeve must be placed on the 36" size. For more details see
the River of Dreams facebook page.

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Our guest speaker for February was Ailbhe O'Callaghan from the Southern Branch and I took so many photos I thought it easier to make a slideshow to share them! More of our branch show and tell will be posted on our Facebook page!

Thank you to Ailbhe for sharing her gorgeous quilts with us!

This Friday's meeting our guest speaker will be Nikki Foley who is talking to us about quilt judging. See you then! Doors open at 7.30pm.
-Ruth

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Southern
Branch exhibition will be running at the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh from the 2nd of March to the 26th of March.The opening reception will happen on the 2nd of March with Cork County Mayor, Seamus
McGrath in attendance.

"Fun"

Modern
Quilters Ireland second exhibition at St.Patricks Hospital, Dublin May 2nd to
June 23rd.

Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon, Co. Clare.

An exhibition that
will be held this summer by Tracy Watson and Joke Buursma

12th
May and 23rd June.Gallery website is theCourthouseGallery.com for
details of opening times

Hands across the Border “ Aurora”

Official
Opening Tuesday 16th May 2017 in CHQ CustomHouse Quarter, IFSC, Custom House Quay, Dublin Northside, Dublin.Exhibition
will run until the 26 th May.Northern venue is
Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, June 2017

Monday, 9 January 2017

Happy New Year! Our January meeting is this Friday 13th and is an open meeting so bring a guest! We will have Patchwork Plus as our shop, demos, pay it forward box and a talk by Ruth Bourke on Quilty makes that have been trending online. Doors open at 7:30pm, for a meeting start at 8:00pm.

For you diaries the Society has a busy year ahead. Submission dates for our themed exhibitions are:

Knitting & Stitching Show - open call to IPS members to submit work for exhibition on the following themes: Traditional, Modern, Young Quilters (aged 18 or less), Art and we are exhibiting bags again this year. Hand in at the September meeting Friday 8th.

Our AGM will be held in Cork this year, Saturday 7th October and the Southern Branch already has an update on their website here, for more details on the hotel: the Kingsley, Victoria Cross, Cork.

Meetings

The Mid-Western Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society meets on the 2nd Friday of every month (September - June) in the Limerick Baptist Hall, Old Cratloe Road, Limerick at 8pm. New members welcome. Doors open at 7.30pm.